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DEREKI stood in the doorway to Aiden’s hospital room, barely breathing.Inside, the boy I had just learned was my son lay pale and still, surrounded by wires and monitors. The soft beep of machines echoed in the sterile silence, steady but too quiet. Like a heartbeat you didn’t trust to keep going.

His voice was calm. Measured. But I could feel the weight of it settling over all of us like a thundercloud.Logan shifted on his feet.Mason glanced between them, but didn’t speak. He was still at the foot of Aiden’s bed, his eyes glassy and fixed on the boy, one hand lightly resting on the rail li

The silence was driving me insane.He was my son.My son.And I wasn’t even allowed to see him.I’d left Barbados because I had no choice. Moonstone had taken over his care, and they’d made it clear I wasn’t welcome. Logan hadn’t said a word to me during that entire final hour at the hospital. Mason

“If you want to be part of Aiden’s life,” I said finally, softer now, “then you have to show up. Not just with presents. With presence. With love. With support. You have to earn his trust. His love. Not buy it.”He didn’t argue, he just nodded slowly, like each word I’d spoken had cut through to som

Derek stood slowly, watching me. “Only if you’re okay with it.”Aiden looked between us, eyes big and hopeful. “Can we all do something together? Like… like a real family?”A real family? Was something we weren’t. All the traumas with Derek that I’d just relived had me feeling like I was standing in